Browse Items (72 total)

  • Collection: American Civil War Collection

Union [graphic]

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Union. Dated between 1861 and 1865. A patriotic Civil War envelope depicting an artistic rendering of the Union flag.

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Truth is mighty : the South to the rescue card [graphic]

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Truth is mighty, the South to the rescue card. Dated 1861. This pro-Confederate trading card depicts a patriotic shield emblazoned with a portrait of Jefferson Davis, above the state seal of Virginia. The shield is decorated with eleven stars, the…

Traitor. Patriot [graphic]

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Traitor. Patriot. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts the presidential (John Bell) and vice presidential (Edward Everett) candidates of the Constitutional Union Party. The word "Traitor" has been stamped over John Bell's…

To John Brown, about 1859

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To John Brown poem. Dated about 1859. This antislavery broadside presents three works: “To John Brown,” a poem in five numbered stanzas denouncing the execution of John Brown; “To Virginia,” an acrostic poem in eight lines; and “The Bible,” three…

Thus will it ever be with tyrants : Virginia the mighty card [graphic]

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Thus will it ever be with tyrants. Virginia the mighty card. Dated about 1865. This pro-Confederate trading card for the state of Virginia depicts a patriotic shield adorned by Confederate flags and the Virginia state seal. An example of a trading…

The Union forever [graphic]

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The Union forever. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War era envelope depicts two soldiers on its cover: a Revolutionary War regular with his copy of the Constitution securely in hand, and a Zouave soldier, who defends his copy of the…

The sunny South : our country [graphic]

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The sunny South : our country. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This pro-Confederate Civil War era envelope depicts a young child, possibly representing the young Confederacy, holding the snake of abolition in one hand as he holds the national flag of…

The Rebel States. Alabama [graphic]

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The Rebel States. Alabama. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts a devil holding a shield emblazoned with the Alabama state seal in one hand and bearing the national flag of the Confederacy in his other.

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The Moon boardinghouse card, between 1862 and 1864

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The Moon boardinghouse card. Dated between 1862 and 1864. This patriotic business card for Frederick Stieringer’s boardinghouse, “The Moon,” most likely served as an advertisement to soldiers and the family members of wounded Union soldiers who were…

The Loyal States. Maine. Union [graphic]

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The Loyal States. Maine. Dated between 1861 and 1865. A patriotic Civil War envelope depicting a female, possibly Columbia, who holds the Union flag as she leans on a shield emblazoned with the state seal of Maine. The female rests her left foot atop…